Wednesday, January 21, 2009

liberating feelings

A few random thoughts:

* Getting rid of junk in my house, under the bed, in the closet, under the dresser...junk from ANYWHERE makes me feel so liberated!

*When I was about 16, I went on a walk at 2 a.m. with some friends. As a train passed by us (about 6 feet in front of us) we YELLED at the top of our lungs! oh what a liberating feeling! There are times I think about that and want to do it again.

*When dancing filled many hours of my day, 6 days a week, the most liberating feeling was to a: take off my restricting, oh-too-tight pointe (yes, it has an "e" at the end) shoes and wiggle my free little toes. AND b: go home and get out of my tight, worn-too-long-stinky leotard.

*Almost hate to admit it, but taking my twins to pre-school for the first time (4 years ago) was an ENORMOUS feeling of liberation!

*I've also heard that running into the ocean with very little on can be a liberating feeling. But to me, I think I'd feel more vulnerable than liberated...that's just me. :)

**Oh...and as I type, my 2 -year-old has taken off his clothes...all of them, and is jumping on the trampoline. Wow, liberating. I better go...

So what kind of things make you feel completely free! (remember my little ones read this sometimes :) )

5 comments:

I wiggled my toes after reading about your pointe shoes...Funny that you should mention dejunking I just did it last night. There is nothing like looking at a huge bag full crap that is no longer polluting you closet and drawers!

Hey kelly, this is Rachel (Bates) Johnson. I have stumbled across your blog and have been checking it for awhile now, and thought I would leave a comment. De-junking is the greatest feeling, and it is so funny that you blogged about it, because I have been de-cluttering my house these past couple of days, and it is a thrill to have two huge boxes of toys put away to switch out when our kids get bored of their other toys. Anyways, it is always so fun to read your blog. I have a blog, and Jim has started one but doesn't update it very often. You can check it out through my blog. Our sister Liz has a photography blog (the red bucket photography on our blog) and Mark also has a blog that he never updates. Its good to check in with you and I love reading your interesting posts. Thanks, and talk with you later!